The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-06-29

sence of sentimental phrases. The words
were furnished by Cadet l.. Il. johnson and
the music was composed by Cadet f. +.
Hayward. The essays were illustrated by
means of maps and drawings, and the sub
iects were treated Understandings and in
an entertaining manner.
Thursday was the great day OF the week,
and all the exercises of that day were
largely attended. A salute was fred and
the colors were hosted at sunrise. AT half
past nine o'clo ok the column formed at the
barracks and marched, in the following
order, to the Methodist church, where the ex-
erciseS of the graduating class were held
Cadet band corps of cadets with side arms
only commanded by Lieutenant f. II.
Catlin, United States army, escorting His
Eycellency Governor Ormsbee, Adjutant-
general T. S. Peck, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
William II. Gilmore, the governors staff,
Congressman William w. Grout, the trustees
and faculty, the associated alumni and past
cadets. Notwithstanding the hard rain
which prevailed at the time, every seat in
the church was occupied and the exercises,
which lasted until nearly one o'clock in the
afternoon, were listened to with unflaggng
attention. Below is programme of the ex-
ercises to the comforting of degrees by the
president:
Organ Voluntary. ...,................Mr r. A. Parke
Prayer Rev A. f. Webb
salstatory Lieut. W. T. 9q Hasssm
Grafton * Plea for Chemistry" Capt. G. i. Austin
Grafton, The Military School" Lieut.. T. s. Booth
Grafton The Profession" ....Lieut. W, Il. Hassam
vaIeGcto5fi;y Z. V" Booth
The " Plea for Chemistry was made
doubly interesting by accompanying expert
ments, with the object of showing the i'm
portance of the study of that science. The
dence of much care in preparation. Piano
accomplishments to the selections of music
were performed by Miss Anna G..
Langdon, and the vocal music was fur
nshed by Mrs. johnson, Mrs Steb-
bins and Messrs. Jones and Parke. The
degree of bachelor of science was con-
ferred upon Cadets G. L. Austin, w. f.
Hassam f. V. Booth, Captain John G..
Waite and n. Lewis Sheldon: that of mas
ter of arts upon Sergeant Henry j. Cox.
The annual address was given by General
w. w. Circuit of Barton, whose text was the
old French proverb, "The passions are the
winds which urge our vessel forward, and
reason is the pilot which steers them. The
vessel could not advance without the winds,
and without the pilot it would be lost" The
passions, habits, obedience, education and
intemperance of man, the power of law,
and Vermont manhood were points of dis
cussion Governor Ormsbee, in response to
an invitation to address the assembly, COM
plimented the graduates upon the excellence
of their orations, suggested the pride which
sion of such an institution as Norwich
University, and urged that it be given the
hearty support of all the people. A bene-
diction was pronounced by Rev. Homer
| White, and an organ voluntary by Mr..
| Parke closed the exercises of the morning.
AT two p. NJ. the drawing, chemical and
and meteorological departments and IL
| brary at the barracks were opened for
! examination and were inspected by a
majority of the large number OF visit
ors. At three o'clock the latter We're per-
mitted to witness a grand dress parade and
highly creditable infantry, broad-sword,
sabre and artillery drills on the parade
ground, with music by the cadet band.
! This was followed by review of the corps
before His EXcellency Governor Ormsbee
and staff.
At eight o'clock in the evening a delight.
| full and Unattended concert was given
| by the famous Blaisdell's orchestra of Con.
cord, n. H., and at ten o'clock the floor was
cleared for the annual cadet hop" in
which seventy-five couples participated and
with which the exercises of commencement
week were brought to pleasant conclusion
NOTES.
THE class of 81 is the eighteenth to gradu.
ate since the establishment of the Univer
sity at Northield.
AUT WAN INvENIAM AUT FACIAM " is the
euphonious motto of the class of 'S7, and
! HIS cOTOudu opus tudl Vi co.
THE corps may well be congratulated
upon the possession of so good a band. The
fact is unusual in school of the size
NORWICH has the best college baseball
team in Vermont, as shown by their victory
in every Intercollegiate game in which they
have participated this season.
THE reputation of Norwich University
was at one time second only to that of Wes
Point. Her honor roll in the late civil wal
contains the names of twelve general,
(among them being Generals Dodge, Buel
| Seymour, Wright and Ransom), twenty-five
colonies, forty field officers, tfty-tive cap
tains and one hundred forty-tive lieutenants
all graduates of the University. This wa,
the first institution in the country to lay
down a purely scientific course of study
and up TO the time of the rebellion the only
one which embraced in its curriculum thor
oughly military, classical and scientii,
courses The roster of alumni and pas
cadets contains more than 1000 names.'-
Boston journal.